Coupon-safe.



Patented June 1, 1909.

c. F. JONES.

COUPON SAFE.

APPLIUATIION FILED JUNE 30, .1908.

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Application led .Tune 30, 1908.

Specification ofl Letters Patent.

atented June .1, 1909. semi no. 441,073.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known clones, a citizen yresident of the city of New York, borough of 5 Manhattan, in the county and tate oi New York, have invented a new and Improved Coupon-Safe,of which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

lily invention relates to sales, my more i obliqiiely upward, vwill be `understood that l, CHARLES FRANKLIN f of the United States, and a 5 '.froni Fig. 2.

Uisposed oppositev the wall S (see Fig. 3) is a smaller wall 12. The walls S, 12 serve.

"inainly i'oi` supporting certain movable parts i hereinalter described. keyed upon a revoluble stub shaft A coin Wheel 13 is 14, the

latter being provided with a lrnob 15, thereby to provide a safe containing a supply oi coupons connected together in the forni oi' a strip, and further containing means controllable by the eri-g trance ol' coins for feeding out lt will be understood that above mentioned may sei've'as receipts for iiioney, and that instead ot' coupons the strips of transient material may contain tickets, stamps orotlier loose pieces ot' paper usually issued in the coupons.

pieces of deliiiite length.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a paitol' this specification, in which similar characters ol' reference 2.3 indicate corresponding parts in all the 101gures. Figure 1 is a perspective showing the conpoii salecomplete is longitudinal section through the safe, showing the coin and ready to be turned in order to discharge the lcoin into the. safe, thereby causing a coupon to be fed oiit;llig.4 3 is a vertical section taken upon tlib line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and showing the coin-controlled mechanism iiicludin a coin wheel and a spring pawl normally holding the wheel and liberated 'for a moment by the insertion of a coin, this view further showing a knob loi turning the coin wheel by hand and showi0 ing also the roller mechanism for feeding the strip 'representing the coupons and Fig. 4.- is a detail of the spring pawl ior locking the coin wheel, this spring pawl being provided with a wide portion to be engaged by the coin as the.

latter passes under it, in order tov disengage the Yspring pavvl from the coin wheel.

The sate is shown at 5, and is provided u ith a door from Eig. 2, thus having Van arcuate forni.

6 and a lock 7 lor securing the j door. Mounted Within the sale is a Wall 8 having a the interior oi' l' The portion 9 bends upwardly at y Anotliervall 11 is disposed inside ol' the safe and is bent i the coupons y i i i l i l l l i i i pawl 17, and

4pavsl 1 7, this spring pawl being provided with a wide lportion 18 projecting tooth 19.

The spring pawl is secured against the top portion ol'l the safe by aid ol'l bolts 20, and has a general arcuate forni as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 4t. The coin wheel 13 is provided with a number of shallow slots 21, spaced equidistant and each being of arcuate form. A. coin is shown at 22, and is adapted to lit into any one of the coin slot-s 23, ol' which four are provided in the coin Wheel 13. The coin when inserted into the slots projects from the coin Wheel a distance representingy approximately one-half the diameter of the coin. v

A gear wheel 24 is secured rigidly upon the stub shaft 14 and is parallel with the coin wheel 13. This gear wheel meshes with a pinion 25, and this pinion is connected rigidly with a roller 26, the pinion and roller being supported by the Walls 8 and 12. The roller 26 is provided with bosses 27. Immediately above the roller 26 is a roller 28,' providedabout its middle with an annular channel 29, which is in registry with the bosses 27. A revoluble shaft 30 serves as a reel, and Wound upon it is a roll 31 of paper which is in the forni oi" a ribbon 32. This ribbon extends through a guide 33 and is fed out into lengths representing eouponsfi. Each length, 'when torn oit, becomes a coupon and may conveniently serve :is a receipt for the coin de'- posited 'ilhe operation of my device is as follows: The parts being in their respective normal positions,i a coin 22 is dropped through the slot 16. This coin just misses the spring drops into the particular coin which happens to be immediately adjacent to the coin slot 16. The operator now grasps the handle 15 and turns the saine in a contraclockwise direction, as indicated bythe arrovi' inltig. 1. The coin wheel thus turns,

and with a downwardly,

slot 23 with the result that the coin 22 new engages the under side of the Wide portion 18 vof the spring pawl.' This lifts the spring pawl so las 'to disengage the tooth 19 from the eoin wheel 13; thatis to say, the tooth 19 is simply raised out of the particular slot 21 Whiohlit happens to oceu yat the moment.

.tio'n of' the coin Wheel now discharges the coin into the safe, as indicated by dotted linesv in Fig. 2. The machine is now ready `vto receive another `coin through the slot 16.

Each time a coin is deposited as above described, the ooiniwheel is turned exactly onefourth of a revolution.V Each ytime the coin Wheel thus turns, thegear wheel 24, bein like the coin Wheel 13, rigid uponvthe stu shaft 1li, turns the pinion 25 and consequently the roller 26.

The ribbon 32, being engaged by the bosses 27 and also by the roller 28, 'is drawn from the roller 31 and fed through the giude 33 a tending, this portion being, in effect, a couon. The operator tears oithis portion andv eeps it as a receipt for the `coindeposited. f. I do not liinit myself to any articular4 type of safe or other receptacle to e used in connection with; my spin-controlled appara'tiis; neither do restriet myself to the parn tieiilar construction oeoineontrolied mech- V anisrn,shown, eir'oeptl in so far as the same is limited by .my elaim which denes the scope Patent: The coin Whee 13 being turned still further,

The oor'nbination oi a receptacle provided with a eoin slot, a c-oin Wheel mounted within said receptacle and provided with coin slots for receiving coins rorn said coin slot," and further provided with slots disposed intermediate said coin slots in a plane different from that of said coin -slots, anda spring pawl made of a single piece of spring metal and l connected with said receptacle and provided with a portion normally extending into some one of said last-mentioned slots for the purpose of preventing undue rotation of said coin Wheel, said spring. paWl being further l provided with a portion extending into the path ofa coin carried by said coin Wheel so as to lift said spring pawl. when said coin wheel is turned in one direction, said coin beingree to fall, from its, own gravity, after its releas from vsaidspring paWl.v distance suiiieient to leave` a portion 34 ex'- f ln testimony whereof I have Signedfly name to this speoieation in the presence of two siibsoribing witnesses.

' CHARLES FRANKLIN JGNES.

Witnesses: f

M. DIAZ, R. A; BoWER. 

